diff -r 6ada6122dd4f -r d424ed561993 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/SerializedFormBuilder.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/SerializedFormBuilder.java	Fri Feb 13 11:57:33 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/SerializedFormBuilder.java	Wed Feb 18 13:47:27 2009 -0800
@@ -403,16 +403,17 @@
         if (classDoc.definesSerializableFields()) {
             FieldDoc serialPersistentField =
                 Util.asList(classDoc.serializableFields()).get(0);
-            String comment = serialPersistentField.commentText();
-            if (comment.length() > 0) {
+            // Check to see if there are inline comments, tags or deprecation
+            // information to be printed.
+            if (fieldWriter.shouldPrintMemberDetails(serialPersistentField)) {
                 fieldWriter.writeHeader(
                     configuration.getText("doclet.Serialized_Form_class"));
+                fieldWriter.writeMemberDeprecatedInfo(serialPersistentField);
                 if (!configuration.nocomment) {
-                    fieldWriter.writeMemberDeprecatedInfo(serialPersistentField);
                     fieldWriter.writeMemberDescription(serialPersistentField);
                     fieldWriter.writeMemberTags(serialPersistentField);
-                    fieldWriter.writeMemberFooter(serialPersistentField);
                 }
+                fieldWriter.writeMemberFooter(serialPersistentField);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -429,6 +430,16 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Build the field deprecation information.
+     */
+    public void buildFieldDeprecationInfo() {
+        if (!currentClass.definesSerializableFields()) {
+            FieldDoc field = (FieldDoc)currentMember;
+            fieldWriter.writeMemberDeprecatedInfo(field);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Build the field information.
      */
     public void buildFieldInfo() {
@@ -459,7 +470,6 @@
                         "doclet.MissingSerialTag", cd.qualifiedName(),
                         field.name());
             }
-            fieldWriter.writeMemberDeprecatedInfo(field);
             fieldWriter.writeMemberDescription(field);
             fieldWriter.writeMemberTags(field);
         }